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Thomas Raised in Hawaii. From an early age, he’d never felt particularly “girly.” As a result, he ʀᴇFᴜsᴇᴅ to wear dresses. At the age of 10, Beatie started to sᴇʟF-ɪᴅᴇɴᴛɪFʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀʟᴇ ɢᴇɴᴅᴇʀ. At 23 years old, he began ᴛᴇsᴛᴏsᴛᴇʀᴏɴᴇ ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ to transition to living life as a ᴍᴀɴ.
At age 24, while still biologically a woᴍᴀɴ, he embarked on a ʟᴇsʙɪᴀɴ relationship with former bodybuilder Nancy Gillespie. From there, Thomas underwent s.ᴇ.x ʀᴇᴀssɪɢɴᴍᴇɴᴛ sᴜʀɢᴇʀʏ. This allowed him to more resemble a ᴍᴀʟᴇ rather than a Fᴇᴍᴀʟᴇ. From there, other changes occurred…
spent the first two decades of his life as Tracy Lagondino. Growing up, he was a Girl Scout, former model and a finalist in a Miss Hawaii Teen USA pageant. He appeared regularly on the nationally televised aerobics workout series. Later, he became a competitive bodybuilder.
Thomas and Nancy married in the state of Hawaii. From there, the two moved to Oregon to start a family. Nancy was ɪɴFᴇʀᴛɪʟᴇ, and thus wasn’t able to have children. With this in mind, Thomas stopped his ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇ ɪɴᴊᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴs. He knew he was their only hope in having a child outside of adoption…
ᴍᴀɴy ᴅᴏᴄᴛᴏʀs were unwilling to work with the couple when it came to ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇᴘᴛɪᴏɴ. It became a very trying time for Thomas and Nancy This forced them to ᴏʙᴛᴀɪɴ sᴘᴇʀᴍ from an online donor. From there, the couple literally took a sʏʀɪɴɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴍʙᴇᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Fʟᴜɪᴅ into Thomas. Tʜɪs Fᴏʀᴄᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ᴛᴏ ᴏʙᴛᴀɪɴ sᴘᴇʀᴍ Fʀᴏᴍ ᴀɴ ᴏɴʟɪɴᴇ ᴅᴏɴᴏʀ. Fʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜᴘʟᴇ ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴀ sʏʀɪɴɢᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇᴍʙᴇᴅᴅᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Fʟᴜɪᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ Tʜᴏᴍᴀs.
This revelation led to the family having an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Thomas had a lifelong dream to have children. As such, he didn’t want to touch any of his ʀᴇᴘʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴏʀɢᴀɴs until exhausting all options in terms of becoming pregnant. Other media outlets joined Oprah in showcasing the story of Thomas as a pregnant ᴍᴀɴ.
In the next few years, Thomas gave birth to a son named Austin. He also gave birth to another baby son named Jensen. During this time, Thomas opted not to take ᴍᴀʟᴇ ʜᴏʀᴍᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴇsᴛᴏsᴛᴇʀᴏɴᴇ. It essentially would’ve made getting pregnant much harder. As such, Thomas cultivated a beautiful family. Just when everything appeared to be going smoothly, a wrench got thrown into the plans…
After nine years of marriage, Thomas and Nancy decided to get a ᴅɪᴠᴏʀᴄᴇ. The Story Behind The World’s First Pregnant ᴍᴀɴ Once the ᴅɪᴠᴏʀᴄᴇ was final, Thomas married his children’s pre-school teacher, Amber Nichols.Additionally, he made ends meet for his family as a stockbroker.
